Did you ever wonder, just what New Years is all about? It is the celebration of one moment in life that symbolizes time’s passing. It reminds us to take an intentional accounting of how we have lived our lives over the previous year and consciously consider what changes we want to make for the next [...]

Let’s go for a ride. We’re going to show you how the journey through marriage is analogous to the journey through life with a new car. This juxtaposition could really hit home for the guys; it may be a good way to help your spouse understand what happens to a marriage when on cruise control, [...]

Monday morning at the Hollanders office: 9 a.m. – Megan comes to counseling alone, “I want to work on our relationship but my husband refuses to come to counseling. He won’t even engage in a real discussion about ‘us’ because ‘we shouldn’t have to work on it.’ It feels like I’m the only one doing [...]

During this past month, we took you on a ride down Extraordinary Relationship Lane, where we visited the three critical stops along your journey to move your partnership to extraordinary: 1) Conscious and Active Co-Creation 2) Courageous Awareness and Compassionate Understanding of Self & Partner 3) Vital Connection in Head, Heart & Hormones To help [...]

The last three weeks we have journeyed down Extraordinary Relationship Lane and made three stops: the city of Conscious & Active Co-Creation, the city of Courageous Awareness & Compassionate Understanding of Self & Partner and the city of Vital Connection in Head, Heart and Hormones. Now it’s time to pack up all the knowledge you [...]

The last two weeks we have journeyed down Extraordinary Relationship Lane with our first stop at the city of Conscious & Active Co-Creation and our second stop at the city of Courageous Awareness & Compassionate Understanding of Self & Partner. This week, we are back on the road and make our third stop at the [...]

The act of compassion begins with full attention, just as rapport does. You have to really see the person. If you see the person, then naturally, empathy arises. If you tune into the other person, you feel with them. If empathy arises, and if that person is in dire need, then empathic concern can come. [...]

On our Facebook page, there was a post on ‎”10 questions to ask yourself before you decide to divorce.” When I read them it spurred many thoughts that I wanted to share, especially if there are people reading this who are thinking about this very question – Should I stay or should I go? Bob [...]

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” -Neil Armstrong, setting foot on the moon in 1969 Every extraordinary journey starts with the first step. So too, does your road to a lifetime of love and passion. Getting to the moon used to seem like “the impossible dream;” yet, with time, [...]